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 * ~ Text Title ||~ Text Author ||~ Comment ||
 * Heidi with the Blue Hair || Fleur Adcock || Heidi with the Blue Hair by Fleur Adcock is one I've used that works well - it deals with relevant issues such as friendship, relationships, school life, home life and independence. After a reading students can think about it and interview each other about their responses to the poem then reflect back in class. Key questions: how do you think Heidi feels, why does she dye her hair - explore from various perspectives. Great starter for students writing an identity type poem ||
 * The lottery || Shirley Jackson || An oldie but a goodie. Theme: Rules and Society ||
 * The Chrysalids || John Wyndham || Theme: Rules and Society. ||
 * Like a Bad Dream. || Heinrich Boll || It is a haunting story about how corruption can creep up on you. ||
 * Schooldays || Maurice Gee || “Absolute power corrupts absolutely”. ||
 * The Hills || Patricia Grace || “Absolute power corrupts absolutely”. ||
 * The Rule of Jenny Penn || Owen Marshall || I've taught it a few times at Level 2 and the kids love it. Tells of a malevolent but able bodies character, Crealy who seeks power through abuse to gain satisfaction and superiority ||
 * Examination Day || Henry Slesar || “Absolute power corrupts absolutely”. ||
 * The Fly || Katherine Mansfield || “Absolute power corrupts absolutely”. ||
 * American Patrol || Tony Bradman ||  ||
 * || Raymond Carver ||  ||
 * || Kate Chopin ||  ||
 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button || F Scott Fitzgerald ||  ||
 * || Janet Frame ||  ||
 * || Patricia Grace ||  ||
 * || Witi Ihimaera ||  ||
 * Arrangement in Black and White || Dorothy Parker ||  ||

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